Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, the 'Payne'
Violin: 40765
Back: Two-piece matched maple showing small curls similar to the wood in the "Tuscan", the figure in each half slanting slightly downwards from left to right, each half showing a sap mark
Top: of close-grained spruce
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 17 cm
Lower bouts: 21 cm
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Provenance
| H. B. Merton | |
| 1876-1878 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1878 | Miss Boothby-Heathcote |
| from 1894 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1943-1945 | Major S. V. Shea-Simonds |
| from 1945 and in 1946 | Clarence S. Payne |
| Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London "closely resembles in form another example of the same year known as the Tuscan. It is in an excellent state of preservation…."
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References
- Antonio Stradivari: His Life & Work (1644-1737), W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1902
Die Kunst des Geigenbaues (1997), Otto Möckel, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Berlin, 1997 (illustrated)- Violins & Violinists, July-August, 1946, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- Mostra di Antonio Stradivari (Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella), Turris Editrice, Cremona (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)